England laboured to a 1-0 win over Portugal at Wembley on Thursday as Roy Hodgson's men flattered to deceive ahead of Euro 2016.

Manchester United defender Chris Smalling bagged the winner on 85 minutes against a Portugal side who played some 55 minutes with 10 men, with Bruno Alves given a straight red card for a horrendous challenge on Tottenham Hotspur's Harry Kane.

The towering Fenerbahce defender might have momentarily scared Tottenham and England fans with the careless of the studs-up challenge on the 22-year-old marksman.

Meanwhile, newly-appointed Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho was also in attendance.

The Portuguese, who was named as Louis van Gaal's successor last week, watched on from the stands with an expression which more or less encapsulated the tepid affair.

The former Chelsea manager might have only turned up to watch John Stones in action, with the Everton defender being linked with a big-money move to Manchester United this summer.

Mourinho went as high as £37 million to prise him from Goodison Park last August, but it was not enough to make the Toffees want to part company with the highly-rated defender.

Shane Callaghan

Shane is a Dublin-based sports writer who swapped the football pitch for the press box upon learning that he was better with a pen than with a round bit of leather. Prior to joining HITC, Shane enjoyed spells with Sports Mole and Goal.com among others, while he was also club reporter for Irish football club Drogheda United.